Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) meets with Samsung in court in Japan and requests an injunction on Smartphone Galaxy devices. Meanwhile Samsung get a key distribution win for its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country: promotion by NTT Docomo for its new superfast LTE service. (more here)

»Microsoft finally gears up to show off some tablets running its own OS, Windows 8, with Samsung reportedly earmarked as its lead partner. (via Reuters)

The Justice Department, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Deutsche Telekom need to file a joint plan by September 16 to schedule and manage its case. (via NYTimes)

»Proof that NFC may end up being about much more than simple mobile payments: three groups that focus on NFC-based marketing services — Tapit, Proxama and BlueBite, are joining forces. (via Techcrunch)

»Nokia’s OVI store has a higher average download rate per app than Apple’s App Store — or any of the other app storefronts, for that matter. (via Research2Guidance)

»Twitter’s mobile designer thinks that the status update in the new Facebook iPhone app designed yesterday looks too much like Twitter’s. (via Twitter)

»Foxconn is currently producing 150,000 iPhone units per day, according to a report. (via Digitimes)

»Mobile connections worldwide could pass six billion by year-end, predict the analysts at Wireless Intelligence. (via Mobile Business Briefing)

»Cricket says its mobile music service Muve now has 200,000 subscribers. It will also extending its service offering, from the current stripped-down featurephone to a new Android-based device bundled with an unlimited data plan for $65 per month. (via AP)